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I'm focusing on 'family stories' at the moment. ("A Change of Pace: Family Stories" (11/23/2024))- Category: Family Stories
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More Perspectives From Catholic Laity:
- Blog - David Torkington
Spiritual theologian, author and speaker, specializing in prayer, Christian spirituality and mystical theology
[the kind that makes sense-BHG] - Catholic Bard
Mark Wilson - A Song of Joy by Caroline Furlong
Writing for Joy
[more "a writer who is Catholic", than a "Catholic Writer"-BHG] - Sparrowfare (peggyhaslar.com)
(Peggy Haslar)
Seed-Searches among the Stones - "Thankful to Be Able to Be Thankful"
('The Curt Jester', Jeff Miller: atheist-turned-Catholic) - tiberjudy
Happy. Southern. Catholic. - Time for Reflections
(Victor S. E. Moubarak)
Ubi caritas et amor. Deus ibi est.
(Where [there is] charity and love. God is there.)
- Blog - David Torkington
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Brian H. Gill
I was born in 1951. I'm a husband, father and grandfather. One of the kids graduated from college in December, 2008, and is helping her husband run businesses and raise my granddaughter; another is a cartoonist and artist; #3 daughter is a writer; my son is developing a digital game with #3 and #1 daughters. I'm also a writer and artist.
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Unscheduled Posts and Other Changes
I faced a pleasant dilemma yesterday. My son has purchased and set up a router, replacing the oddly-malfunctioning one. That gives me access to ‘Catholic Citizen’s’ website. I could go back to my ‘Friday and Sunday posts’ writing routine. I … Continue reading
The Best News Ever
We remembered our Lord’s execution on Friday. After Jesus was dead, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body. He and another man wrapped the body of Jesus in a burial cloth and spices, placing it in a nearby tomb. … Continue reading
In Conference, Out to Lunch, Gone Fishing, Whatever: I’m Taking a ‘Break’
(Meet Norbert Nerdly: my frustrations, personified.) My regularly-scheduled ‘Friday’ and ‘Sunday’ posts will, I trust, resume: eventually. Meanwhile, I will add something new to A Catholic Citizen in America. How often and when that will be depends on me getting … Continue reading
Technical Issue March 26, 2018
I started having trouble connecting with this blog’s website during the St. Patrick’s Day week. I finally got that week’s ‘Sunday’ post out the following Monday. The next ‘Friday’ post was more of the same frustrating experience. But they’re both … Continue reading
Evolution and Tools
Finding stone tools isn’t remarkable. Folks have been making, and occasionally losing, tools for a long time. Scientists think folks upgraded their tech to deal with a changing climate. Or maybe someone else who had done so moved in. That … Continue reading


